"The Wandering Earth 2", brushed the screen.
In just three days after its release, it broke 35 records, and the honor list was densely written with two words: champion.
The severely rated Douban also quickly scored, with 220,000 audience evaluations, with a score of 8.3, which is the best reputation among all Spring Festival movies so far.
But it is such a Chinese science fiction that is acclaimed and acclaimed, but the arrangement is not satisfactory, and many audiences who want to see it cannot buy tickets.
The rise of Chinese science fiction still needs more support, and abnormal film arrangement is bound to affect the production budget of "The Wandering Earth 3", a small broken ball!
Looking at the network has seen the evaluation, it is also a five-star brush.
Finally, the "little broken ball" that opened the door of Chinese science fiction movies in 2019 once again successfully came out of the circle with "The Wandering Earth 2", and once again supported the façade of Chinese movies.
When the project was established, the main creator put down the cruel words:
Compared with the first part, "The Wandering Earth 2" has high standards and strict requirements, making up for shortcomings and filling in mistakes.
In short, it is better than the first part, and it must be "upgraded" in all directions.
And under the slogan of this blockbuster comprehensive upgrade, there is actually a "four-trick killer weapon" hidden.
While successfully letting the audience into the pit, it also erected a new ceiling for domestic sci-fi films.
First, Wu Jing's roar and romance, Andy Lau's tears, Li Xuejian's roar, carefully pick up these details
The upgrade of "The Wandering Earth 2" is first reflected in the cast.
There is Liu Peiqiang (played by Wu Jing), who has died in the previous film, because it is a prequel, so this character is fuller in the second part.
There is also the new Tu Hengyu (played by Andy Lau), a post-apocalyptic scientist who has no force value, but has brain value.
The existing Chinese leader Zhou Zhezhi (played by Li Xuejian), a diplomat who represents China's voice and Chinese attitude in every word.
There is also Han Duoduo (played by Wang Zhi), a female man who can break Wu Jing with her bare hands.
Old man + newcomer, actor + Uranus superstar, is an upgraded formula, is a brand new taste.
In "The Wandering Earth 2", all the actors are online, and the acting skills of the three main characters are all explosive and cool.
Pico was impressed by three moments, which not only represent the acting level of "The Wandering Earth 2", but also represent the character characteristics and fateful ending of the characters themselves.
01, Wu Jing's roar and romance
I don't know how many people remember that in the first part of "The Wandering Earth", Liu Qi's family photo cut off Liu Peiqiang's head.
Because in his heart, his father is the culprit who killed his mother and is an emotionless astronaut.
But after watching the second part, Liu Peiqiang's character will be fuller, more flesh and blood, and more inclined to ordinary people.
In particular, Wu Jing's two performances represent his transformation from a boy to a man.
At first, he followed the stunned Qing of the master, the plane drove fast, and the master kept calling behind him.
The master on the front foot told him not to fall in love, and on the back foot, he took a fancy to Han Duoduo and launched a crazy offensive.
In the scene of sending flowers, Wu Jing vividly interpreted what a "straight man" is.
Under the watchful eyes of a crowd, he was shy, his mouth was scooping, and he finally failed to say anything to confess.
That kind of shyness, not at all like a pilot who drives a fighter jet and overspeeds.
Although sending flowers may be the most "dirty" trick, under Wu Jing's interpretation, we still feel a different kind of romance.
But having a family means a bond, and it means that the boy has finally grown up.
When interviewing astronauts, in the face of MOSS's stimulation and questioning, he finally broke out.
First his hands trembled, then his muscles burst out, and then he roared at the interviewer behind the glass, questioned loudly, and even wanted to grab the bench and smash it.
But when he reacted, he immediately apologized.
Because the middle-aged man is instigated, because if he does not instigate, he may lose the qualification to go to the dungeon, and without this qualification, his wife, children, and father-in-law will have to die.
From boy to man, this is Liu Peiqiang's transformation, he is like each of us, always in that moment of roar, complete the baptism and growth, completely grown.
This also allowed countless viewers to see Liu Peiqiang's unwillingness, it turned out that he was also a happy boy before, he was either born or an astronaut willing to give up.
Sometimes, the choice of sacrifice is made because of the concern in the heart.
02, Andy Lau's tears
Compared to Liu Peiqiang, Tu Hengyu is more difficult.
In a car accident, he lost his wife and children.
When her daughter Yaya died, she was allowed to transmit consciousness to the computer, and although Yaya lived in the digital world, she only had two minutes of life.
Relying on these two minutes, Tu Hengyu lasted a lifetime.
Andy Lau's performance is impeccable.
He can be a loving father, and when he faces Yaya, he often tears up his eyes and thinks of his daughter to shed dry tears.
But when he thinks a little carefully in his head, you look into his eyes.
Afraid or not?
From loving father, to fierce, from warmth, to gloom, Andy Lau can conquer all audiences with a crying scene and one look.
The character of Tu Hengyu, because of his feelings for his daughter, wanders between good and evil, becoming complex and elusive.
But this is also the charm of Tu Hengyu's character.
No one is born a decent person, everyone is complex, just look at what you face, what you gain, what you lose.
It is worth mentioning that in that crying scene, Andy Lau performed without physical objects throughout the whole time, but his feelings were full of overflow on the screen.
The king of heaven is old, but the king of heaven can still fight.
03, Li Xuejian's roar
Teacher Li Xuejian is plagued by nasopharyngeal cancer, but at such an age, he can still play roles, which is worthy of admiration.
Many people are questioning: Since you are sick, why don't you rest well and come out to act?
But in "The Wandering Earth 2", when the diplomat Zhou Zhe appeared directly, you can understand in an instant why it must be Li Xuejian.
As long as Li Xuejian sat there, dressed in a Zhongshan suit, with a serious face, he looked like a Chinese diplomat with experience, experience, majesty, and aura.
Tell Pigo, who do you think of?
In the movie, in order to make everyone hear more clearly, Li Xuejian's voice is processed by AI.
But in the entire film, there is only one sentence, using the original sound, that is: ignition!
It was a roar, a response to all mistrust.
But precisely because it is the original sound, there is a sense of tearing, which seems to be a roar with all your strength.
It was also this roar that made that moment have the feeling that even if the end of the world came, Zhou Zhezhi was bursting with confidence and leadership.
Li Xuejian is the sea god needle.
He is also one of the biggest reasons why Pico likes "The Wandering Earth 2" so much.
Second, hardcore science fiction, special effects are fully upgraded, and the disaster scene is full of oppression, cool enough!
Many viewers said that "The Wandering Earth 2" is hardcore science fiction, since it is "hardcore", of course, there should be enough special effects to support these two words.
In fact, the first "The Wandering Earth", although the special effects are very good, there are still many flaws.
Some pictures are full of CG, there are many long-range shots, and there are few close-ups, just because they are afraid of shooting closer, showing timidity.
But with The Wandering Earth 2, the situation is completely different.
The same three characteristics, let Pico take everyone to take a look, what is called "hardcore".
01. The far view becomes less, the near view becomes more, and the closer is real
If you have seen the film, you will find that in "The Wandering Earth 2", the vistas have become less and the close-ups have become more.
Spacesuits, exactly according to the real one-to-one production, people can wear it when they go in, and the same is true for diving suits.
Meteorite fragments in space, close to the audience, can almost see the lines,
Spacecraft, conceptual + practical, delicate to the level of screws.
The few long-range shots don't have that CG levitation.
Dare to shoot close-up, dare to shoot close-up, this is the progress of Chinese science fiction, and it is also the confidence of director Guo Fan.
He once bluntly said that to make props, he is all at the product level.
What is a product level?
That is, every prop, every equipment, is internal, not a simple model.
The lunar rover can be started, the equipment can be worn and used, and even mass production.
In order to truly restore the concept of science fiction and some future technology products, Guo Fan also hired a scientific consultant from the Chinese Academy of Sciences to write an entire science fiction underlying material for the movie.
After the deletion, there are still 200,000 words.
The attitude of the main creator determines the quality of the film, which is precisely why we cheer for "The Wandering Earth 2".
02. Restoration of space elevator
In the tidbits of "The Wandering Earth 2", director Guo Fan has a famous saying: Never shoot elevators again.
Because of the space elevator, it's too difficult.
This concept was originally proposed by Tsiolkovsky, a pioneer of modern cosmonautics.
After that, the "space elevator" thing repeatedly appeared in the novels of Arthur Clark, Asimov and other famous artists, and became a representative landscape of the science fiction world.
It is 90,000 meters high, connects the surface and the universe, and can go straight to Jiuxiao.
And "The Wandering Earth 2" is the first film in world film history to comprehensively, realistically and meticulously show the space elevator.
This thing, from conception to concept drawing, from design to physical objects, almost runs through the entire process of filming.
In order to restore the vibration, springs and motors were even added to the entire shooting space.
From ignition to traction, from the details of the elevator to the structure inside, Guo Fan is extremely restored.
Every time I see it, it's shocking, and every time I see it, I want to exclaim.
This is also the most realistic, delicate, and attractive of the sci-fi equipment of the entire "The Wandering Earth 2".
In addition, there are a lot of futuristic technologies in the movie.
For example, Tu Hengyu's mechanical dog is stupid.
Huge navigator space station, as well as security gate robots.
All the equipment is completely realistic and can stand the test of any shot.
Let's just say, cows are not cows?
03. The disaster scene is all upgraded, the fleet fights, the moon falls, and the big scene is quite shocking
"The Wandering Earth 2" is strictly a disaster science fiction film.
Since there is the word "disaster", then the scene of disaster is indispensable.
There is a space elevator group air battle, which is eye-catching, every bit of battle details and scheduling is completely realistic, and the scenes are many and not chaotic.
Fighters and drones fight each other, and the experience is full.
The scene of meteorites falling in the sky is full of apocalypse.
And the shot of the flood is also very oppressive, making people want to escape every minute.
All these big scenes, but not just big scenes.
In the previous domestic science fiction, it was often noisy, using "scenes" as a gimmick, but ignoring the story.
But in "The Wandering Earth 2", all the visual effects are serving the story, and all the scenes are just one part of advancing the story.
This is real science fiction.
3. The 9 most noteworthy Easter eggs
At the movie level, Pico said so much, and this visual feast was reserved for everyone to enjoy in person in the theater.
But there is one thing that cannot be ignored, and that is the Easter egg in the film.
Director Guo Fan, is a director with feelings, in "The Wandering Earth 2", there is a series of hidden Easter eggs, Pi Ge watched it again and found more than 30.
Find 9 here to share with you, and I hope that if you go to the movies, you can pay attention to these Easter eggs, which will be more interesting and happier.
01、Made in China
During the fight in Liu Peiqiang's elevator, a bearing flew out, and it clearly said "Made in China".
This is an affirmation of Made in China, and of course it also means that the "space elevator" is made in China.
The director's careful thinking was captured, and later this bearing also became a romance that only belonged to Liu Peiqiang and Han Duoduo.
There is also a huge Chinese-made in the film, the J-20, but it has been upgraded to a vertical take-off and landing model.
02, Wu Jing's classic posture
In the movie, Wu Jing ridiculed his classic posture, which is the picture below.
As soon as this signature action comes out, all the audience in the theater will smile.
Where is the specifics, Pi Ge can't bear to spoil, leave it to everyone to see for themselves.
03, Tu Hengyu
Tu Hengyu's surname Tu is obviously from the "Turing" diagram, and in the film, Tu Hengyu is very important to the development of the human quantum computer MOSS.
The director is also paying tribute to Turing, of course, the picture is also a homonym for "rabbit", and this year happens to be the year of the rabbit.
04. Tuya's virtual space
In Yaya's virtual space, there are many rabbit elements.
Her flat stand is rabbit ears, and she has a small rabbit at home, a rabbit doll, and a sweater full of rabbits, which is celebrating the Year of the Rabbit in 2023.
05, "Two lines of tears for loved ones"
When Liu Peiqiang got on the elevator, the management had a hint that paid tribute to the explosive terrier of the first part——
"Two lines of tears for loved ones".
In addition, Wu Jing gathered salutes, moon escape cars, dungeons, mosquito cakes, Los Angeles engines, etc., are all tribute and collusion to the first part, too much.
06, Ma Zhao
The name Ma Zhao is full of scientific and technological meaning, because "Zhao" is originally a unit of measurement for computer data.
When Ma Zhao wrote his suicide note, he wrote a big "∞", that is, the infinity symbol.
This not only shows that Ma Zhao has the determination to dedicate himself, but also shows that he already has ideas about electronic life, and it also confirms his name, Zhao, and also has infinite meaning.
07. Complain about Beijing housing prices
While performing a mission underwater, Tu Hengyu saw a flooded real estate agency storefront.
On the billboard at the door, it was written that the house price in Beijing at that time, 300 yuan per square meter.
Tu Hengyu complained: It's finally cheap!
08. A series of tributes
"The Wandering Earth 2" pays tribute to many classic science fiction works.
For example, bipedal robots pay tribute to "Interstellar", and lunar stone tablets pay tribute to "2001: A Space Odyssey".
There are even tributes to Da Liu, such as the number of nuclear bombs to "The Three-Body Problem".
True sci-fi fans, watching "The Wandering Earth 2", must be very enjoyable.
09, Wu Mengda's appearance
In the film, the footage of Liu Peiqiang's father-in-law was restored, that is, the role played by Wu Mengda.
This character appears three times, and there is a large close-up of the front at Liu Peiqiang and Han Duoduo's wedding, where he attended as an old father-in-law.
This is a face-stunned shot, although we know that this is post-production, but the moment I saw Uncle Da, I believe everyone couldn't hold back.
When he finally walked into the dungeon, Uncle Da also showed his face.
After that, the first story begins.
At the end of the film, there is also the words "I would like to dedicate this film to Mr. Wu Mengda", so Pi Ge said that director Guo Fan has feelings.
4. What does "The Wandering Earth 2" want to express?
Having said that, it's time to talk about the core of "The Wandering Earth 2".
What Pico feels most deeply is the international vision and pattern of "The Wandering Earth 2".
In the story, all the characters are completed by the world's top astronauts, and a coalition government has been established around the world, and the five permanent members have been shown.
When performing tasks, there will be instructions in various languages, especially the paragraph "over fifty years old".
It can be said that the core spirit of "The Wandering Earth 2" is the collectivism we advocate, but there is still individual heroism advocated by Europe and the United States.
This gives "The Wandering Earth 2" universal value, the value of promoting our collectivism, and the personal value that Europeans and Americans can understand.
Therefore, after the recent score, the film has a high evaluation on the Rotten Tomatoes platform abroad, and the audience can watch it as high as 92%, and the foreign media is not stingy with praise.
This is the real value output.
In a small way, the film also incorporates Chinese and foreign values.
For example, the most valued family in foreign countries, in fact, the reason for the promotion of the entire movie is the family, whether it is Liu Peiqiang or Tu Hengyu.
But there are many romances that only belong to Chinese.
For example, the reluctance of the moon in the film, such as Han Duoduo must go back to his hometown Shanghai to see, such as in the last days, Liu Peiqiang will still give precious fruits to little girls without food...
And when the rose petals and glass broke together and floated in the air, I don't know how many people felt beautiful at that moment.
The last ten minutes of the film basically bury the clues of the third part.
Several forces, there are already traces to follow.
Artificial intelligence, digital life, real human beings, are basically the entanglement and division of forces in the future.
And this step, after discussing high-concept philosophical issues such as survival, reality, and value, what will be the third part, Pico can no longer sit still.
After watching the second part, I wanted to watch the third part, and director Guo Fan said that he would continue to shoot without losing money.
Then let's wait and see, and look forward to more themed sci-fi movies!
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